VITAS CPE: Contacts

Rev. Dr. Martha Rutland, Director

Martha Rutland is the Director of CPE at VITAS where she started this CPE program in 2000. She is a United Methodist Minister in the Florida Conference and is a certified chaplain with the Association for Professional Chaplains. She serves on the Spiritual Care Steering Committee for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Conferences where she often presents workshops; in 2013, “Minding Ourselves: Balance, Resilience, Sustainability.” She served twenty years as a parish pastor before shifted to ACPE supervision in the hospice context. She is married with twin sons and two cats. She loves this opportunity to introduce and support students in the sacred time of spiritual growth at the end of life.

Misti Johnson-Arce

The Rev. Misti M. Johnson-Arce is certified by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Inc. as a CPE Supervisor. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology prior to receiving a Master’s of Divinity degree at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA. She is ordained as a United Church of Christ pastor who specialized in chaplaincy. Misti joined VITAS Healthcare Corporation with experience in a vast number of clinical settings including hospice, trauma medicine, pediatric medicine, psychiatry and Veterans’ health care and even prison ministry.